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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 357B.5, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. If a benefited fire district is dissolved that has been 1 4 providing fire protection by contract, direct levy, or 1 5 combination of both, to a city within the district for at 1 6 least twenty years and the city's annual payments by contract 1 7 or levy for the fire protection comprise seventy-five percent 1 8 or more of the district's annual budget, the board of 1 9 supervisors, in lieu of the disposal of property as provided 1 10 in subsection 1, shall transfer to the city all of the 1 11 district's real and personal property. The city shall assume 1 12 all of the outstanding obligations of the district. If the 1 13 district provides fire protection outside of the city's 1 14 boundaries, the city shall continue to provide fire protection 1 15 to this area until it is assigned to another fire protection 1 16 district by the board of supervisors. If the city continues 1 17 the fire protection outside its boundaries, the city shall 1 18 certify to the board of supervisors the cost of providing this 1 19 service, which shall be at the same rate as contained in the 1 20 budget for property within the city, but not exceedingforty1 21 sixty andone-halfthree-fourths cents per thousand dollars of 1 22 assessed value of all taxable property in the area. The board 1 23 of supervisors shall levy the amount of tax certified as 1 24 provided in section 357B.3. The tax shall be collected and 1 25 allocated in the same manner as other property taxes and paid 1 26 to the city. 1 27 Sec. 2. Section 357B.8, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 28 amended to read as follows: 1 29 2. a. In lieu of subsection 1, a benefited fire district 1 30 that includes a city within the boundaries of the fire 1 31 district may certify an annual tax levy not exceeding forty 1 32 and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation 1 33 of the taxable property within the city for the purpose of 1 34 fire protection. 1 35 b. If the levy authorized under paragraph "a" is 2 1 insufficient to provide fire protection services, the 2 2 benefited fire district may certify an additional annual tax 2 3 levy not exceeding twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand 2 4 dollars of assessed valuation of the taxable property within 2 5 the city to provide fire protection services. 2 6 c. The benefited fire district shall certify the tax levy 2 7 as provided in this subsection only after agreement granted by 2 8 resolution of the city council. The amount of the tax rate 2 9 levied under this subsection shall reduce by an equal amount 2 10 the maximum tax levy authorized for the general fund of that 2 11 city under section 384.1. If the district levies directly 2 12 against property within a city to provide fire protection for 2 13 that city, the city shall not be responsible for providing 2 14 fire protection as provided in section 364.16, and shall have 2 15 no liability for the method, manner, or means in which the 2 16 district provides the fire protection. 2 17 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 18 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 19 EXPLANATION 2 20 Presently, a benefited fire district may levy an annual tax 2 21 of 40.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for the purpose of 2 22 fire protection. If this amount is insufficient, another 2 23 20.25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value may be levied. 2 24 However, where a city was part of the benefited fire district 2 25 prior to its incorporation, the levy is 40.5 cents per $1,000 2 26 of assessed value and no additional levy is permitted. This 2 27 bill allows the benefited fire district to levy that 2 28 additional 20.25 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. In 2 29 addition, the bill increases the amount a city may levy in 2 30 areas outside of its boundaries which were part of a dissolved 2 31 benefited fire district from 40.5 cents to 60.75 cents per 2 32 $1,000 of assessed value. 2 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 34 LSB 2328SV 78 2 35 mg/jw/5
Text: SF00184 Text: SF00186 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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